Sen. Dan Sullivan has swallowed the fantasy that Donald Trump has the power to order South Korea to cough up $54 billion for the Alaska gas pipeline.
Sullivan told reporters Monday night that the final decision is up to Trump under the agreement Korea signed with Trump a year ago. Korea has appropriated the money and it has to pay for the pipeline or face retaliation by Trump.
Read MoreThe Trump administration decision to promote Sen. Dan Sulllivan by announcing $150 million for an alleged new electric intertie in Alaska comes from the same brain trust promising $5,000 checks to every adult and claiming that South Korea has agreed to put $54 billion into the gas pipeline.
Read MoreVice President J.D. Vance is set to continue the Trump administration lies about the Alaska LNG gas pipeline, claiming that only ‘details’ have to be worked out, though South Korea denies that any decision has been made about any investment because it does not know if the project is commercially viable.
Read MoreBernadette Wilson, who boasts about her business background, “has a history of unpaid bills, checks returned for insufficient funds, and having her Permanent Fund dividends garnished to pay her debts, court records show,” the Anchorage Daily News reports.
Read MoreThe so-called “Republican A team” lied to Alaskans that South Korea has agreed to invest $54 billion in the Alaska LNG project, paying the entire bill. This was a campaign stunt, Grade F.
Read MoreSen. Dan Sullivan, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Nick Begich the Third and Gov. Mike Dunleavy have yet to tell the truth about the gas line fraud show put on by Donald Trump in the Oval Office to promote Sullivan’s reelection campaign.
Read MoreDonald Trump, refusing to admit his lies about South Korea promising $54 billion to pay to build the entire project, is doubling down on stupid.
“If they don’t want to do it, that’s OK with me,” he told reporters outside the White House. “I’ll just charge ‘em more. Tell them if they don’t sign shortly, I’m gonna double it up.”
Read MoreMexico is not paying for the wall. South Korea is not paying for the pipeline.
Read MoreDonald Trump held a campaign event for Sen. Dan Sullivan in the White House Wednesday, complete with fabricated claims that the Korean government has agreed to pay for the entire project.
This was a complete fraud designed to boost Sullivan’s campaign against Democratic challenger Mary Peltola.
Read More$54 billion is the alleged total cost of the project. It is ludicrous to believe that South Korea would offer $54 billion for the project as Trump claims, especially since South Korean news organizations say there is no binding deal.
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